Value-based management: a review of its conceptualizations and a research agenda toward sustainable governance

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Purpose

The purpose of this article is to synthesize the topics, conceptualizations and measurements of value-based management (VBM) and to suggest a research agenda covering its next evolution as sustainable governance.
Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted a systematic literature review of 80 seminal studies published between 1979 and 2022. The authors synthesized the studies by their conceptualizations of VBM in an inductively developed framework.
Findings

The authors find that scholars explore diverse topics related to VBM with a prevailing focus on shareholder primacy. There is a paucity of studies that focus on the integration of shareholder maximization and stakeholder management practices. The authors explain which studies will form a promising foundation for advanced research on sustainable governance that will reach beyond current VBM research.
Originality/value

The authors' research agenda addresses new future topics on conflicting goals within and between shareholder groups, offers specific suggestions for using new research methods and untapped data sources for VBM and paves the way to substantially extend the boundaries of the firm in VBM research to include stakeholders, strategic alignment and new sustainability measures.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Accounting Literature
Volume47
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)150-200
Number of pages51
ISSN0737-4607
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02.01.2025

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    Research areas

  • Boundaries of the firm, Corporate sustainability, Stakeholder governance, Sustainability management, Systematic literature review, Value-based management

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